Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 383, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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free weights vs. machines

lalababy
lalababy
Posts: 37
Joined: 2002/06/12
United States
2003/01/11, 01:28 PM
what's the basic difference between using free weights and machines?
Philia2
Philia2
Posts: 4,078
Joined: 2001/10/19
France
2003/01/12, 02:26 AM
Gravity, other muscles working as stabilizators versus a guided secured movement fixed by the machine.

Both can be good and some prefer one against the other.

Personally I use both (variation is the key!!).

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